Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton arrive for a media photocall at St. James’s Palace in London.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photographs in the State Apartments of St James Palace in London, England. After much speculation, Clarence House today announced the engagement of Prince William to Kate Middleton.
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Prince William and his fiance Kate Middleton pose for the media at St. James’s Palace in London after announcing their engagement.
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Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton look at each other during a media photocall at St. James’s Palace in London.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton pose for photographers on the day they announced their engagement.
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Prince William make a comment to his fiancee Kate Middleton about her engagement ring during a media photocall at St. James’s Palace in London. The ring belonged to Princess Diana.
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Prince William with girlfriend Kate Middleton after William’s graduation and presentation of “Wings” at RAF Cranwell in April 2008. News of their engagement was not a surprise, with it being the safest bet in Britain — considered so certain that bookies had stopped taking bets on a 2011 wedding.
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Kate Middleton attends the Boodles Boxing Ball at The Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. The college romance that seemed to falter in the harsh glare of adulthood has blossomed at last, promising Britain its biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer almost 30 years ago. Royal officials announced Tuesday that Prince William and Kate Middleton will marry next spring or summer in London, ending years of rumored splits, reconciliations and “will-they, won’t-they” speculation.
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Kate Middleton walks around London. Charles’ Clarence House office said the heir to the British throne was “delighted to announce the engagement of Prince William to Miss Catherine Middleton.” It said the couple got engaged last month during a vacation in Kenya.
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Kate Middleton attends the wedding of Lady Rose Victoria Birgitte Louise Windsor and George Gilman at The Queen’s Chapel in London.
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Kate Middleton leaves after the wedding of Laura Parker Bowles and Harry Lopes at St Cyriac’s Church in Lacock village, located in west England’s Wiltshire.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton leave the wedding of their friends Harry Mead and Rosie Bradford in the village of Northleach, located in Gloucestershire, England.
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Kate Middleton smiles as she watches the first race at the Cheltenham Festival horse racing meeting in Gloucestershire.
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No venue for the royal wedding been announced yet. For pomp itself, the ceremony is likely to fall between the extraordinary spectacle of Charles and Diana’s 1981 wedding in St. Paul’s Cathedral and Charles’ subdued second marriage to Camilla in 2005.
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Prince William and his girlfriend Kate Middleton on the first day of the Cheltenham Race Festival in Gloucestershire.
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Prince William and Kate Middleton watch the England against Italy Six Nations rugby match at London’s Twickenham Stadium.
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Kate Middleton leaves her London home and heads into town.
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Prince William and girlfriend Kate Middelton enjoy a skiing holiday on the slopes in Klosters, Switzerland.
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Kate Middleton, Prince William’s fiancee, goes for a walk in London.
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Kate Middleton leaves the Simon Sebag Montefiore book launch of “Young Stalin” at Asprey on London’s Bond Street.
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Kate Middleton attends the 46664 concert in celebration of Nelson Mandela’s life at Hyde Park in London.
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Bridesmaid Grace van Cutsem appears disinterested as Prince William and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace.
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Britain’s Prince William and Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, leave Westminster Abbey.
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Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge make their way past the Parliament Buildings after their wedding.
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Prince William and wife Kate walk down the aisle hand in hand.
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Prince William and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge stand outside of Westminster Abbey.
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